Sometimes, when I watch the news and prowl around on news sites, I worry about the world my children are growing up in. I mean, they are happy and for the most part, healthy. And as much as I can see the wealth of opportunity out there for them, the fact is that as I write this, there are bitter conflicts going on in various parts of the world. We see people dying, economies tumbling, bombs and rockets destroying cities.

I don’t even have to look at other countries to see troubling things. All I have to do is look out of my own back window.

Today I am featured on World Moms Blog, talking about a senseless act of violence that happened in my neighbourhood and some of the challenges faced by the youth in our society. They are challenges that we cannot fix with a Band-Aid.

Check out my post, and while you’re there, please browse around and read some of the other great posts.